Court bid to save A&E rejected

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A High Court judge has thrown out Ealing Council's bid to challenge controversial plans to close a hospital's A&E department.

Ealing Hospital in West London Credit: Press Association

Ealing Council wanted the review on the grounds that proposals for ending emergency services at Ealing Hospital during a reorganisation of health care services were legally flawed. A judge ruled all grounds of challenge were "unarguable".